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i apologize to any american who question my commitment to their civil rights." president become bam led tribute in honor of the late senator inoue at memorial service at the washington national coneed ral this morning. he was second longest serving senator in u.s. history. he died monday and was 88. later on, national rifle association offers its ideas for protecting america's children from the school shootings. coming up next, american vet should be on his way home after his mexican vacation. turned in to a nightmare. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] campbell's green bean casserole. it's amazing what soup can do [ coughs ] [ baby crying ] ♪ [ male announcer ] robitussin® liquid formula soothes your throat on contact and the active ingredient relieves your cough. robitussin®. don't suffer the coughequences™. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. and the active ingredient relieves your cough. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activated lift gate. but that's not all you'
i apologize to any american who question my commitment to their civil rights." president become bam led tribute in honor of the late senator inoue at memorial service at the washington national coneed ral this morning. he was second longest serving senator in u.s. history. he died monday and was 88. later on, national rifle association offers its ideas for protecting america's children from the school shootings. coming up next, american vet should be on his way home after his mexican...
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. >> we've come a long way baby, and i still remember just before the civil rights movement when racists and masog masogyists. whatever happened to content of character not color of skin, you can't criticize susan race because she's black and female, what are the rules. >> jon: and we thought we'd play it clip for you from the msnbc anchor. >> mccain tried to make her unnominatable, and would look weak. and mccain inappropriate political attack and gave us the horrible optics of he and lindsey graham as old white establishment folks wrongly and repeatedly attacking a younger black women and moments when they went strongly blue. >> jon: and claims that mccain went on a witch hunt and tarring the ambassador in the press. that's quite a loaded word. >> so many words that he can say that for some reason i can't say. next time we hear the usual suspects in the review and denouncing rush limbo, remember, they were stone cold silent most likely so far on all of this race baiting going on on the rice-mccain issue. >> jon: what about the real issues what are the real issues that the media should
. >> we've come a long way baby, and i still remember just before the civil rights movement when racists and masog masogyists. whatever happened to content of character not color of skin, you can't criticize susan race because she's black and female, what are the rules. >> jon: and we thought we'd play it clip for you from the msnbc anchor. >> mccain tried to make her unnominatable, and would look weak. and mccain inappropriate political attack and gave us the horrible optics...
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right statutes and simply should never have been passed in the first place? >> i agree with you. there have never been coalitions on the ground that include the naacp and other organizations trying to repeal these actions. and even with these new unless obstacles in place registered voters, and make sure they are able to get out to the polls and vote on election day. we'll continue to move these unnecessary obstacles out of the way, while at the same time, we'll continue to work and hopefully alec will find someplace in their heart to help make sure these americans they worked so hard to lock out of the franchise will be able to vote in the 2012 election. >> alec and the supporter of the alec are so desperate because they see this image of fraud in any voting booth which honestly isn't there, yet when it comes to fraud in the financial markets all they want to do is repeal the anti-fraud laws. have you ever underthis tension? >> i don't. all we'll see is a power grab. utilizing the tools that they put in place. the point you are making is absolutely right. at
right statutes and simply should never have been passed in the first place? >> i agree with you. there have never been coalitions on the ground that include the naacp and other organizations trying to repeal these actions. and even with these new unless obstacles in place registered voters, and make sure they are able to get out to the polls and vote on election day. we'll continue to move these unnecessary obstacles out of the way, while at the same time, we'll continue to work and...
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ult mayly it was endorsed by the afl-cio, national coalition of civil rights, center for community change which told how millions of members out at the grassroots talking about this. that would be the other thing i would say. after the election you have the leverage from this and the leverage from having outside groups pushing for something else. that's what gives me hope over the longer term. the president obviously has his own challenges. he's articulated some of these ideas but he hasn't offered a bold set of prescriptions. somebody has to be out there opening up some space. if other groups are saying we have to have a set of solutions that are up to the scale of the challenges we face, i'm hopeful that will at least open up some broader discussion in the next few years. >> i want to turn this to you. this is a close race. it looks like the president is pulling ahead in the wake of the convention and nate silver has been tweeting about this. there's some promising signs from the standpoint of the president's election campaign. quickly, if the shoe is on the other foot, you go and serve
ult mayly it was endorsed by the afl-cio, national coalition of civil rights, center for community change which told how millions of members out at the grassroots talking about this. that would be the other thing i would say. after the election you have the leverage from this and the leverage from having outside groups pushing for something else. that's what gives me hope over the longer term. the president obviously has his own challenges. he's articulated some of these ideas but he hasn't...
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rights activists making him the first president to historically court the latino vote. what can president obama do to carry the torch so to speak? >> well, absolutely. in 1960 we saw john f. kennedy not first to court latinos and it is being responsive, something as simple as listening to latino demands and later on we saw with lbj carrying forward jfk's commitment to the latino electorate in terms of civil rights, so listening and taking action. >> thank you so much. >> good day. >> and for more of victory's thoughts on this and other pressing political issues all you have to do is go to nbclatino.com. >>> a bunch of retail records broken this weekend and now it is cyber monday. americans have shopped until they dropped for the past few takes and will they shop more? plus a big week for same sex marriage with the supreme court possibly taking up the issue in marriage equality and advocates are on the march in several more states and we're going to talk with a human rights campaign which is turning up the heat with the new ad with a familiar voice. don't forget our ques
rights activists making him the first president to historically court the latino vote. what can president obama do to carry the torch so to speak? >> well, absolutely. in 1960 we saw john f. kennedy not first to court latinos and it is being responsive, something as simple as listening to latino demands and later on we saw with lbj carrying forward jfk's commitment to the latino electorate in terms of civil rights, so listening and taking action. >> thank you so much. >> good...
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on to right the civil rights act of 1964. wasn't my daughter's black bean soup spectacular? [ man thinking ] oh, this gas. those antacids aren't working. oh no, not that, not here! [ male announcer ] antacids don't relieve gas. gas-x is designed to relieve gas. gas-x. the gas xperts. >>> and which political story will make head leans in 24 hours contributor and manager editor, chris cizzilis rejoins us. when do you think they get down to seriously talking and you keep hearing that there's some optimism here of people who are really smart players. it's hard to find the signs of it. >> well, andrea, i would predict they won't in 24 hours. look. i do think -- i think the reason for optimism that you hear is because people don't believe politicians will willingly put themselves in a situation of tremendous uncertainty. that is, going over the cliff. no one knows what would happen. we all think, oh, there's economists saying it would be really bad or not that bad. but politicians tend not to like uncertainty. i think so you have t
on to right the civil rights act of 1964. wasn't my daughter's black bean soup spectacular? [ man thinking ] oh, this gas. those antacids aren't working. oh no, not that, not here! [ male announcer ] antacids don't relieve gas. gas-x is designed to relieve gas. gas-x. the gas xperts. >>> and which political story will make head leans in 24 hours contributor and manager editor, chris cizzilis rejoins us. when do you think they get down to seriously talking and you keep hearing that...
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let's talk more specifically with judith brown dianis with a nonpartisan civil rights organization. >> thanks for having me. >> it is interesting when you talk about a state like, say, pennsylvania where 9% of registered voters don't have a photo i.d., but there are a lot of reasons for that. some people don't drive, for example, right? >> that's right. if you live in a major city, you really don't need i.d. you get on the train and the bus every day. but when you look at it, the state says, oh, about 91% have i.d., but that other percentage is about 760,000 people, and what's important to understand is why it makes a difference. actually obama won the state of pennsylvania by 650,000. so we're talking about people who have been registered to vote, who have voted in the past, and now can't vote like our 93-year-old plaintiff, miss applewhite, who is african-american woman, who doesn't have i.d., and she's been voting since the 1960s, since when black folks could, as she says. and now she will not be able to vote in this election. >> let's talk about this ruling over the weekend. this
let's talk more specifically with judith brown dianis with a nonpartisan civil rights organization. >> thanks for having me. >> it is interesting when you talk about a state like, say, pennsylvania where 9% of registered voters don't have a photo i.d., but there are a lot of reasons for that. some people don't drive, for example, right? >> that's right. if you live in a major city, you really don't need i.d. you get on the train and the bus every day. but when you look at it,...
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traffic then the police decided to enact the law differently we currently have norman siegel a noted civil rights attorney who's looking into our rights and to be honest i look at the freedom of assembly as a definite i shouldn't have to ask where it applies i keep a constitution my pocket because that is my permit and if anything i was trying to strike and we observe that with all the problems in new york city mayor bloomberg well as the n.y.p.d. to focus on this triviality among many other larger issues like occupiers are going to try to fight back where they can. now that you are one of many that are hoping to her by this movement this spring and what do you hope to accomplish this spring that wasn't accomplished already are there so much work to do i mean the banks have gone back into their systematic exploitation of everybody they refused to lend they've got tons of money spent on political campaigns but they can't be bothered to pay any higher taxes at all to me the entire purpose is to push the conversation forward to demand a change of laws that benefit people whether it's bringing
traffic then the police decided to enact the law differently we currently have norman siegel a noted civil rights attorney who's looking into our rights and to be honest i look at the freedom of assembly as a definite i shouldn't have to ask where it applies i keep a constitution my pocket because that is my permit and if anything i was trying to strike and we observe that with all the problems in new york city mayor bloomberg well as the n.y.p.d. to focus on this triviality among many other...
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right. >> do they expect a different outcome? what could happen there? >> it's a different burden of proof. in the criminal trial they had to show criminal recklessness. that the doctor knew he hit somebody and knowingly drove away. the doctor did testify in his own defense over a two-day period. he basically said he didn't know. he simply did not understand while he was driving home that he hit this child. so now the only recourse the parents really have is to take this case into civil court where they can potentially be awarded a sum of money. but is money justice and accountability and that's really what the family wants. >> from what they said it isn't, but obviously this couldn't have been easy for jurors. i know you spent time talking to some of them. how did they make this decision? >> they were shaken, really, really shaken but they had to follow the letter of the law. the letter of the law essentially says that you have to prove criminal recklessness. because the doctor testified that he didn't know, they simply could no
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right civil rights groups and the mayor have for several systems in trying to figure out what was going on and so find out of this is truly part of the systemic problem here and no we have seen similar probes in in other telephone your cities in kenya l.a. county we've seen it in cities such as yeah i know where the force. and civil rights abuses are being visited it is five federal investigators so so far they have not announced an official list of geisha yet but there's definitely a lot of pressure being put on for a month thank you so much for keeping us updated over there in anaheim that was our t.v. producer. well it's like the case is moving forward for a former cia official turned whistleblower a judge has ruled in the process prosecutions favor and the case against john kerry aku he is the man that made the practice of waterboarding in secret prisons public he's now accused of leaking the names of covert operatives to journalists but the defense says the charges serve as punishment for kerry aku for publicly embarrassing the agency meanwhile congress is on a mission to silence a
right civil rights groups and the mayor have for several systems in trying to figure out what was going on and so find out of this is truly part of the systemic problem here and no we have seen similar probes in in other telephone your cities in kenya l.a. county we've seen it in cities such as yeah i know where the force. and civil rights abuses are being visited it is five federal investigators so so far they have not announced an official list of geisha yet but there's definitely a lot of...
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all the civil rights all the civil liberties and quite frankly i don't see much of a distinction beyond what you just heard is a pretty big deal for two reasons one as vice president joe biden just became the highest ranking american official in the history of our republic to endorse same sex marriage that means we've hit a tipping point now when it comes to same sex marriage that same tipping point that argentina hit in two thousand and ten when it approved same sex marriage or brazil in two thousand and eleven or canada in two thousand and five or the netherlands brazil mexico iceland sweden spain's of africa portugal and belgium all nations have already recognize same sex marriage in the last decade at tipping point is seen best in the eight states of the united states that have passed laws to legalize same sex marriage with maryland being the most recent just a just a few months ago just earlier this year joe biden was just reflecting the mood in america which is that we as a nation are ready to extend civil rights to all americans regardless of their sexual orientation further refl
all the civil rights all the civil liberties and quite frankly i don't see much of a distinction beyond what you just heard is a pretty big deal for two reasons one as vice president joe biden just became the highest ranking american official in the history of our republic to endorse same sex marriage that means we've hit a tipping point now when it comes to same sex marriage that same tipping point that argentina hit in two thousand and ten when it approved same sex marriage or brazil in two...
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. >> i want to talk to you for a moment, about civil rights, equal rights for all of our citizens. why must we vigorously defend them? first because it's right and just and second because we cannot committee successfully with communism if we fail to utilize the minds of all of our citizens and third, the whole world is watching us. when we fail to grants equality to all, that makes bad news for america all over the world. now the record shows there's been more progress in civil rights notiin the past eight ye because this administration has insisted to making progress. i want to continue and speed up that progress. >> so you'll notice that technically, and creates i havely, these spots do not -- and creatively these spots do not evolve, and they rely on fact-based appeal s no emotion,i want to move forward and watch a barry goldwater spot. stop this, john, this is actually out of orders. this is the volgs wagon spot. john kennedy saw the spots that were being done by advertisers and he told his brother-in-law, go find me the firm that did these ads, i want them to advertise, do my
. >> i want to talk to you for a moment, about civil rights, equal rights for all of our citizens. why must we vigorously defend them? first because it's right and just and second because we cannot committee successfully with communism if we fail to utilize the minds of all of our citizens and third, the whole world is watching us. when we fail to grants equality to all, that makes bad news for america all over the world. now the record shows there's been more progress in civil rights...
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he said i oppose a federal open housing law and this year i support the 1968 civil rights bill with open housing. which way will he blow next? chris: flip-flop ads were used by the two president bushes starting here with george bush 41 slamming bill clinton in 199 and then george w. bush's famous 2004 wind surfing ad against john kerry. >> presidential candidate on the left stood for military action in the persian gulf while the candidate on the right agreed with those who opposed it. one of these candidates is bill clinton. unfortunately, so is the other. in which direction would john kerry lead? kerry voted for the iraq war. opposed it. supported it. and now opposes it again. john kerry. whichever way the wind blows. chris: funny thing is the guy who made that wind surfing ad that's bush's advisor mark mckinnon worked also for john mccain in 2008. and here's the recycled hand he work for mccain against primary opponent mitt romney. >> mitt romney seems to change positions like the wind. he tells florida he supports the bush tax cuts. but as massachusetts governor romney refused to take
he said i oppose a federal open housing law and this year i support the 1968 civil rights bill with open housing. which way will he blow next? chris: flip-flop ads were used by the two president bushes starting here with george bush 41 slamming bill clinton in 199 and then george w. bush's famous 2004 wind surfing ad against john kerry. >> presidential candidate on the left stood for military action in the persian gulf while the candidate on the right agreed with those who opposed it. one...
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and that's part of what led me directly into the kmuncht organizing work that i did, the civil rights work that i did, and ultimately into the politics that i'm still engaged in. and so in some ways, the themes of this book are very much the project of my life right now. which is to figure out how in fact can we live together as one people effectively, and what does that mean and what does that require, and what are the nature of our commitments to each other and what's the scope of our regard and concern. and that's not an easy question for us to answer. we just went through an election in which i think both sides simplified the nature of the problem and didn't necessarily offer a very good solution. you know, our politics so often functions as one side painting a character couture of the other side. the republicans happen to be better at characterizing democrats than the other way around. but part of what i meant when in my speech i said there are no red states and no blue states was the fact that the complexity of our lives is not fully captured in our political debate, that there
and that's part of what led me directly into the kmuncht organizing work that i did, the civil rights work that i did, and ultimately into the politics that i'm still engaged in. and so in some ways, the themes of this book are very much the project of my life right now. which is to figure out how in fact can we live together as one people effectively, and what does that mean and what does that require, and what are the nature of our commitments to each other and what's the scope of our regard...
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rights and standing up for civil rights issues, i believe his mother met dr. king. you have to ask yourself is mitt romney showing the same kind of outreach and the same kind of risk to go beyond the boundaries that his party has and trying to say to all americans, african-americans, latinos, and others that hey, i'm willing to help move the country forward. >> assuming that he was genuine in showing up today, i would have to say that he walked into a room and used this opportunity -- this great opportunity to deal with issues according to african-americans and then failed. he flunked. he received an f-minus. i think one of the things he may be confused about is that you can get a good grade for showing up. you don't. you know, you -- i think it was good he did show up, but in terms of having the content in that speech that would have any value to the african-american community, he didn't have it. and what he said to the african-american community either unintentionally or ignorantly or intentionally, he said look, we have a wide chasm that exists between you
rights and standing up for civil rights issues, i believe his mother met dr. king. you have to ask yourself is mitt romney showing the same kind of outreach and the same kind of risk to go beyond the boundaries that his party has and trying to say to all americans, african-americans, latinos, and others that hey, i'm willing to help move the country forward. >> assuming that he was genuine in showing up today, i would have to say that he walked into a room and used this opportunity --...
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the rights of all their citizens, including women and minorities to insure space for civil society, free media, political parties, and an independent judiciary and to abide by their international commitments to protect our diplomats and our property. i'll champion free trade and restore it as a critical element of our strategy. both in the middle east and across the world. the president has not signed one free trade agreement. i'll work with nations around the world that are committed to the principles of free enterprise, expanding existing relationships, and establishing new ones. i'll support friends around the middle east that support our values and need help defending them. in libya i'll support the libyan people's efforts to forge a lasting government that represents all of them. i'll vigorously pursue the terrorists who attacked our consulate in benghazi and killed our fellow americans. in egypt i'll use our influence, including clear conditions on our aid to urge the new government to represent all egyptians, to build democratic institutions, and to maintain its peace treaty with
the rights of all their citizens, including women and minorities to insure space for civil society, free media, political parties, and an independent judiciary and to abide by their international commitments to protect our diplomats and our property. i'll champion free trade and restore it as a critical element of our strategy. both in the middle east and across the world. the president has not signed one free trade agreement. i'll work with nations around the world that are committed to the...
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i'd say that the current, you know, political alignment and divide back to 1950s and 1960s and civil rights movement and you had conservative white democrat s united with liberal northerners in the republican party and united with the far right goldwater righters but polarization is the rule in american history. it was the middle part and the early -- really the middle part of postwar years of last century the exception of that and heading back to where we always were. if you don't have the peer toss-up voters, you have soft voters. soft republicans and i think -- i won't get in to it but the po polling data with obama taking a small but significant lead right now i think what that is is soft democratic voters who have been motivated to come home and get in to the election in the last month. probably thanks to the convention. >> professor steve, let me ask you this because i mean, i'm excited about the debates and i think there are some people, some vote earls who are waiting for the debates. a lot of us peg this to the convention. waiting for the convention. when they start to pay a
i'd say that the current, you know, political alignment and divide back to 1950s and 1960s and civil rights movement and you had conservative white democrat s united with liberal northerners in the republican party and united with the far right goldwater righters but polarization is the rule in american history. it was the middle part and the early -- really the middle part of postwar years of last century the exception of that and heading back to where we always were. if you don't have the...
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when it comes to race and civil rights, are the liberal press out to smear the gop's pick? as the campaign heats up, mr. obama tries to gain ground with an extended tax cut for the middle class. but the short-term plan doesn't hit the mark. is this another shiny object to distract the media? >> our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of san dusky's child victims. >> penn state investigation into sexual assaults on children goes public. revealing shocking details of lies and cover ups at the highest level. how will this change the chumy relationship between college football programs and the press? mega star brad pitt's mom gives her view on politics going against the views of the liberal hollywood elite. so what is the reaction she got? >> on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor judy miller. richard granel, the former spokesman for the last four u.s. am bass deers to the u.n jim pinkerton, the contribute erred for and
when it comes to race and civil rights, are the liberal press out to smear the gop's pick? as the campaign heats up, mr. obama tries to gain ground with an extended tax cut for the middle class. but the short-term plan doesn't hit the mark. is this another shiny object to distract the media? >> our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of san dusky's child victims. >> penn state investigation into sexual assaults on children goes...
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somewhat still populist but also resident in all fairness to the civil rights area. the deep south didn't like democrats long before obama came along. they particularly don't like him. >> i think that's absolutely true. you have seen the republican party increasingly become a southern party. look, you hear when you look at people in the south, the rhetoric is about statism. it's tenth amendment stuff. it's all this idea of the federal government overreaching, and there was a lot of sort of pro-confederate revisionism you heard coming out of even the tea party movement, and i think the tea party was also mainly a southern movement. so you definitely had a resistance not just to this president but democrats in general, and then you layer on and i think you add the issue of race and, you know, like it or not, i think that had to be a part of it, too. but for certain barack obama's white working class firewall was in these more unionized states in the midwest. that's where he had a base. >> i think unions are a good force against that prejudice because they encourage you
somewhat still populist but also resident in all fairness to the civil rights area. the deep south didn't like democrats long before obama came along. they particularly don't like him. >> i think that's absolutely true. you have seen the republican party increasingly become a southern party. look, you hear when you look at people in the south, the rhetoric is about statism. it's tenth amendment stuff. it's all this idea of the federal government overreaching, and there was a lot of sort...
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it is an arm of the democratic national -- >> it has a history through the civil rights movement. >> yes, but that's history. >> what is the agenda today? >> whatever the democratic party's agenda is. that's the problem. you mentioned other presidents not doing this. but george w. bush did it, john mccain did it and presidential candidates did it. i think republicans need to end this tradition of appearing before the naacp to try and reach black voters. the type of black voters who may be open to voting republican are not at naacp conventions. you can go into communities and visit churches and visit small businesses. you can visit charter schools and so forth. you can advertise on black radio and black television programming. that's how you can reach people. there is no need to go before groups like this and try and seek black votes that way. i don't think it has been a very good strategy. >> what about getting credit? does he get credit foregoing into the liberal group like this saying, look, here is my argument on health care. here is my argument on education. get credit for braver
it is an arm of the democratic national -- >> it has a history through the civil rights movement. >> yes, but that's history. >> what is the agenda today? >> whatever the democratic party's agenda is. that's the problem. you mentioned other presidents not doing this. but george w. bush did it, john mccain did it and presidential candidates did it. i think republicans need to end this tradition of appearing before the naacp to try and reach black voters. the type of black...
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most members of the civil rights group are supporting president obama. as danielle nottingham reports, the likely republican nominee is making his case for why they should reconsider that vote. >> mitt romney took the stage at the naacp annual meeting in houston, texas with a message for black voters. >> if you want a president that will make things better in the african american community you're looking at him. >> about 90% of black voters are expected to support president obama in november. romney says that support has not led to results. he points out that while the u.s. unemployment rate is just over 8%, among blacks it's much higher 14.4%. >> the unemployment rate, the duration of unemployment, average income, media family wealth are all worse in the black community >> romney believes staying focused on the economy can help him win in november. polls show the race is thiethening. thiethening -- tightening. >> a new survey shows romney only 3 points behind. president obama has been working to lock in his support in the battleground states. >> the sta
most members of the civil rights group are supporting president obama. as danielle nottingham reports, the likely republican nominee is making his case for why they should reconsider that vote. >> mitt romney took the stage at the naacp annual meeting in houston, texas with a message for black voters. >> if you want a president that will make things better in the african american community you're looking at him. >> about 90% of black voters are expected to support president...
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the son of the civil rights leader has been missing from the halls of congress since last month. his staff says he's at a medical treatment facility in arizona. joining me now is my colleague on the hill, nbc's congressional correspondent, the great kelly o'donnell. kelly, i'll read this statement from the congressman's office. they say, quote, the congressman is receiving intensive medical treatment at a residential treatment facility for a mood disorder. he's responding positively to treatment and is expected to make a full recovery. do we know anything else? >> reporter: well, part of what made this so complicated is you have a sense of people who do have compassion, members of congress, constituents, who accept that this is a physical, emotional condition, taking it on its face. but then also there is this pressure because he's a public servant, serving nine terms here in congress, he has a name with national recognition, that he owes the public more. so that clash is always what is at the heart of these personal matters that come into the public -- the public realm. the offi
the son of the civil rights leader has been missing from the halls of congress since last month. his staff says he's at a medical treatment facility in arizona. joining me now is my colleague on the hill, nbc's congressional correspondent, the great kelly o'donnell. kelly, i'll read this statement from the congressman's office. they say, quote, the congressman is receiving intensive medical treatment at a residential treatment facility for a mood disorder. he's responding positively to...
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>> i don't think it's a matter of civil rights. i think it's a matter of whether or not we're going to adhere to something that's been historical and religious and legal in this country for many, many years. i mean marriage has to have a definition. >> meanwhile, family research counsel president tony perkins is taking issue with rand paul for these comments he made friday night in iowa. >> the president recently weighed in on marriage and, you know, he said his views were evolving on marriage and call me cynical, but i wasn't sure that his views on marriage could get any gayer. >> views on gay marriage could get any gayer. strongly against same-sex marriage said it's not a joke an senator paul should be respectful of others. >>> after 12 years a janitor at columbia university can now say he has graduated from the ivy league school. the 52-year-old accepted his diploma yesterday, refugee from yugoslavia and fled there in 1992 as it slipped into a brutal civil war and took a job as a custody yaen at columbia where as an employee his
>> i don't think it's a matter of civil rights. i think it's a matter of whether or not we're going to adhere to something that's been historical and religious and legal in this country for many, many years. i mean marriage has to have a definition. >> meanwhile, family research counsel president tony perkins is taking issue with rand paul for these comments he made friday night in iowa. >> the president recently weighed in on marriage and, you know, he said his views were...
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if you have no vote you have no civil rights in two thousand i was working for you enterprises which was a company in obio florida and their their chief lobbyist their corporate attorney and speaker of the house of horror was beating them he was sort of the gist contract so he came in one day my what my first introductions to him and he wanted us to build a boat looking software when a vote fraud systems would be built he wanted a program that could flip the votes without anyone seeing he wanted it to be able to be run and a touch screen machine in other words hidden buttons on the screen or something like that no keyboard no no guy in a black mask sitting across the street and poking things then no just walk up and do something and he wanted the source code to be written in such a way that the manipulation was hidden even if you saw the source code is that possible it's not possible if it's there and someone takes the time to look you can hide it so i told him right up front that as long as you can see the source code you can't hide it can't hide it can't be done from what he said w
if you have no vote you have no civil rights in two thousand i was working for you enterprises which was a company in obio florida and their their chief lobbyist their corporate attorney and speaker of the house of horror was beating them he was sort of the gist contract so he came in one day my what my first introductions to him and he wanted us to build a boat looking software when a vote fraud systems would be built he wanted a program that could flip the votes without anyone seeing he...
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>> remember the civil rights debates in the '50s and '60s? that was very painful, and if you don't believe me, go back and look at pictures of dogs on people, et cetera, et cetera. the term is the country's view on civil rights. equality is morality. morality is equality. i don't distinguish between the two of those things. and the court says equal justice under the law. to me that's a moral statement. i try to be a moral person. that's a moral statement. when you say to someone that they are lesser, that they should get in the back of the gay bus, that they should not have a special right, an equal right. that's a moral right. >> i'll tell you why i disagree with you, because i've watched in my years in this business, people prans arouce around with moral rights, condescending for everybody who comes near them for their lack of morality, using their judgment for anyone who is there at the time, in order to try to prosecute laws that invade women's vaginas that rule out everything. it's the craziest thing i've seen in my entire life. i apprec
>> remember the civil rights debates in the '50s and '60s? that was very painful, and if you don't believe me, go back and look at pictures of dogs on people, et cetera, et cetera. the term is the country's view on civil rights. equality is morality. morality is equality. i don't distinguish between the two of those things. and the court says equal justice under the law. to me that's a moral statement. i try to be a moral person. that's a moral statement. when you say to someone that they...
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. >> up next, a civil rights milestone. james meredith at ole miss. stay with us. look at those toys. insurance must be expensive. nah. [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. are you in good hands? >>> 50 years ago today, we saw the beginning of a fight against segregation that forever changed the civil rights movement in had this country. on september 20th, 1962, james meredith walked into the campus of the university of mississippi, trying to become the first african-american to attend ole miss. meredith had a federal court order saying he should be allowed to register. but he was physically blocked from enrolling by state officials. and massive crowds that spiraled out of control. and became a national story. >> nearly 6,000 troops patrol oxford to maintain order and arrests amount to more than 200 as smaller disturbances erupt the next day. >> president kennedy addressed the nation, calling on the crow
. >> up next, a civil rights milestone. james meredith at ole miss. stay with us. look at those toys. insurance must be expensive. nah. [ dennis' voice ] i bet he's got an allstate agent. they can save you up to 30% more by bundling your policies. well his dog's stupid. [ dennis' voice ] poodles are one of the world's smartest breeds. are you in good hands? >>> 50 years ago today, we saw the beginning of a fight against segregation that forever changed the civil rights movement...
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it's building broad coalitions, i think, with civil rights groups, lgbt community. it's talking about what kind of america we want. these folks just lost 2012 because they were so extreme and they come back being the more extreme. it's important to know in michigan, right to work is minor compared to women's reproductive rights, education, taxation. it's a very right wing idology taking over the republican agenda in michigan. >> stay with me. coming up, we are going to talk more about this. this point you make is so critical. when we look at the lame duck session in michigan, it's stunning what is happening. when we come back. yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. ♪ doing it with a cold, just not going to happen. vicks dayquil -- powerful non-drowsy 6-symptom cold & flu relief. ♪ no matter what city you're playing tomorrow. [ coughs ] [ male announcer ] you can't let a cold keep you up tonight. ♪ vicks nyquil -- powerful nighttime 6
it's building broad coalitions, i think, with civil rights groups, lgbt community. it's talking about what kind of america we want. these folks just lost 2012 because they were so extreme and they come back being the more extreme. it's important to know in michigan, right to work is minor compared to women's reproductive rights, education, taxation. it's a very right wing idology taking over the republican agenda in michigan. >> stay with me. coming up, we are going to talk more about...
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how he obviously had put civil rights not only in the constitution of the state but pushed hard to fight discrimination when he became a cabinet secretary for richard nixon. many have turned that reflection around on your dad to, your dad releasing his tax return and you not and it has become this battle back-and-forth. how do you feel about that? do you feel a need you should release more data to quiet the critics. >>guest: the democrats are always going to be critics. we have released all the financial statements that are required by law and release two years of tax returns the most recent year will be released when it is prepared so tax information is there and other financial disclosure is there and the same information leveled at john mccain and john kerry, released when they ran for president, so, there will be after me for something. the president wants to talk about transparency and i am glad he wants to, because he has use executive privilege to prevent the people from knowing the truth about what happened with "fast and furious," resulting in a loss of life. it is time to open
how he obviously had put civil rights not only in the constitution of the state but pushed hard to fight discrimination when he became a cabinet secretary for richard nixon. many have turned that reflection around on your dad to, your dad releasing his tax return and you not and it has become this battle back-and-forth. how do you feel about that? do you feel a need you should release more data to quiet the critics. >>guest: the democrats are always going to be critics. we have released...
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it's not just the dreamers, or latino organizations, it's civil rights organizations, the labor movement, it's evangelicals, parts of the business community. there will be immigration reform in 2013 and the president will be forced to sign something that gets through congress whether he wants to or not. it's clear he does want to. >> it appears he wants to. the dream act, here we are in lame duck again, lame duck in 2010 was the great exciting moment for progressives. a thousand things that hadn't happened pineally happened. no particular conversation about another dream act again. >> let's keep in mind. i'm not as optimistic about the future of ledge indication as you. in the context of the immigration problem, immigration policy problem, let's say, in the united states, dreamers and the dream act is symbolic. it aekts a lot of people. it's symbolic in a universe where we have 10 million or 11 million or however many in the shadows. we have 141,000 visas a year. what the hell is that? >> it's that history, right? >> it is that history. >> it's bur okay tra advertised this kind of stuff.
it's not just the dreamers, or latino organizations, it's civil rights organizations, the labor movement, it's evangelicals, parts of the business community. there will be immigration reform in 2013 and the president will be forced to sign something that gets through congress whether he wants to or not. it's clear he does want to. >> it appears he wants to. the dream act, here we are in lame duck again, lame duck in 2010 was the great exciting moment for progressives. a thousand things...
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to implement a policy that will compromise civil rights. that is an issue. this is outrageous. >> stop and frisk is a plan already in place in new york where the mayor decided to consider implementing it in san fransisco after meeting with the new york mayor last month. san francisco mayor is concerned about gun violence in the city, one reason why he is giving that program a look. it allows police to stop and search anyone they think is suspicious in an attempt to seize illegal weapons. we have put in some calls and emails to the mayor's office. we got an e-mail back that said " the mayor is not considering a stop and frisk policy ". beyond that it would not elaborate on what that meant whether it was a semantic issue, we do not know if the mayor is considering a similar policy but under a different name. we put in several calls and voice mails in to the mayor's office asking them to give us more permission on what they meant by that statement. we're live in san fransisco, back to you. >> muni riders and san fransisco were caught off guard
to implement a policy that will compromise civil rights. that is an issue. this is outrageous. >> stop and frisk is a plan already in place in new york where the mayor decided to consider implementing it in san fransisco after meeting with the new york mayor last month. san francisco mayor is concerned about gun violence in the city, one reason why he is giving that program a look. it allows police to stop and search anyone they think is suspicious in an attempt to seize illegal weapons....
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a civil rights group describes the army veteran as a frustrated neo-nazi who used to play in heavy-metal white power bands. susan mcginnis is here with how one member of the church tried to take down the gunman. >> police are still on the scene collecting evidence at the seat temple where investigators say an army veteran shot and killed six people. he has been identified as the 40 year-old waite michael page, sources tell us that he was less than honorably discharged in 1998 and that he used a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol. >> this was the only shooter, there's nothing more to worry about as far as the situation goes. >> the fbi searched his house for any sign of a motive. sources say that investigators are looking into whether this was a hate crime based on evidence, including tattoos on his body. >> we have a violentdon't a viot community. >> investigators said that no indication of a threat before the shooting that began sunday morning as worshipers were arriving. police say that when officers arrived on the scene the suspect ambushed a 21 year veteran outside and shot him nine times. th
a civil rights group describes the army veteran as a frustrated neo-nazi who used to play in heavy-metal white power bands. susan mcginnis is here with how one member of the church tried to take down the gunman. >> police are still on the scene collecting evidence at the seat temple where investigators say an army veteran shot and killed six people. he has been identified as the 40 year-old waite michael page, sources tell us that he was less than honorably discharged in 1998 and that he...
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rights actions against them or whether it is on the coverage of fast and furious should really raise serious concerns. >> the justice department declined to comment. a folks man for media matters he would comment only if he could appear live on this network. >> jon: so what about this collusion between the department of justice and media matters? is it getting any play? >> not much. look, james rosen's piece rose the issue of david according to politico, that led to a former counsel to the president, group making savage shouldn't have a tax exempt but now we have this, not just engaging in global war and sabotage they are part of the obama reelection campaign. you think that would be news, as well. but for perspective imagine if the heritage foundation was caught doing with the bush department three or four years ago. that would have been news. >> jon: george soros gave a million dollars to media matters and given other funding to other organizations. he got a tax deduction for million dollars because they are supposedly, they are truth teller. shouldn't this force some reconsiderati
rights actions against them or whether it is on the coverage of fast and furious should really raise serious concerns. >> the justice department declined to comment. a folks man for media matters he would comment only if he could appear live on this network. >> jon: so what about this collusion between the department of justice and media matters? is it getting any play? >> not much. look, james rosen's piece rose the issue of david according to politico, that led to a former...
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today we learned that the next name to make civil rights history may be "hollingsworth v. willy." her court said it will hear the case which could decide whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. the case centers on a ban on 20me-sex marriage that was passed by california voters in 2008. john blackstone has our lead from san francisco. >> reporter: for five months in 2008, same-sex couples in california could marry legally. then voters passed proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage. when gay couples challenged prop 8, both the state supreme court and the federal ninth circuit court of appeals ruled that banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. many supporters of same-sex marriage were hoping the supreme court would not take this case. therese stewart is san francisco's deputy city attorney. in many ways, this is bad news for you. >> it's bad news in the sense that if we had-- if the court had denied review we would have seen marriages very quickly within a few days, again, not only in san francisco but all over california. >> reporter: opponents of same-
today we learned that the next name to make civil rights history may be "hollingsworth v. willy." her court said it will hear the case which could decide whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. the case centers on a ban on 20me-sex marriage that was passed by california voters in 2008. john blackstone has our lead from san francisco. >> reporter: for five months in 2008, same-sex couples in california could marry legally. then voters passed proposition 8...
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what about things like civil right, women's rights? isn't it time to get out of the 18th century? plus, romney's not the first awkward candidate to run for president. >> i'm john kerry and i'm reporting for duty. >> well, according to politico, there's a rich tradition of awkward campaigners from john kerry to al gore. we're going to take a look back and all night tonight, we'll be having continuing live coverage of the convention, including what promising to be an interesting speech from clint eastwood. nbc has confirmed the hollywood legend himself will be here. we'll see what he has to say about mitt romney. this is "hardball," the place for politics. hey. hey eddie. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. [ sighs ] so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations. with best in class fuel economy. it's our most innovative altima ever. ♪ out! your kind is not welcome here! nor your odd predilections! miracle whip is tangy and sweet, not odd. [ villager 1 ] it's evil!
what about things like civil right, women's rights? isn't it time to get out of the 18th century? plus, romney's not the first awkward candidate to run for president. >> i'm john kerry and i'm reporting for duty. >> well, according to politico, there's a rich tradition of awkward campaigners from john kerry to al gore. we're going to take a look back and all night tonight, we'll be having continuing live coverage of the convention, including what promising to be an interesting...
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some civil rights groups disagree with the chief. the aclu sent a letter to mayor ed lee asking the city to reject a proposal citing the dangers of excessive use by officers. there is a new warning for swimmers at an alameda county lake. >> high bacteria counts here pleasanton. but the east bay regional park district says the levels are not high enough to shut down the lake. higher bacteria counts are actually normal during the hot summer months. experts in by swimmers to avoid investing any kind of water. " cnn says that he is stepping down from his high-profile role as the u.n. special envoy at the end of the month. the former secretary general's departure reflects the failure of world diplomacy and syrian leaders to end the deadly fighting there. and it says that syrians desperately need action but the u.n. security council is caught up in what he says chris finger- pointing and name-calling. >> b. of a. investigating how for u.s. airways jets ended up on a collision course in the skies over washington d.c.. here is how it sounded
some civil rights groups disagree with the chief. the aclu sent a letter to mayor ed lee asking the city to reject a proposal citing the dangers of excessive use by officers. there is a new warning for swimmers at an alameda county lake. >> high bacteria counts here pleasanton. but the east bay regional park district says the levels are not high enough to shut down the lake. higher bacteria counts are actually normal during the hot summer months. experts in by swimmers to avoid investing...